Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules 3rd Edition
Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules (Evidence-Based Medicine) 3rd Edition:
Improve and streamline the diagnostic decision-making process in emergency care
The newly revised third edition of Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules offers an updated review of the evidence and expert discussion of relevant issues in diagnostic testing in the everyday practice of emergency medicine. This book also provides a detailed overview of the science of diagnostic testing and reviews the process behind the development of clinical decision rules. The focus is asking and answering practical questions using original research studies, while commenting on the best available evidence for relevant clinical topics.
Readers will also find:
- Comprehensive explorations of COVID-19, telemedicine, trauma, cardiology, infectious disease, and surgical and abdominal complaints
- Practical discussions of urology, neurology, hematology, ophthalmology, pulmonology, rheumatology, and geriatric medicine
- Exploration of practice and policy considerations of testing in an era of limited resources
The book is perfect for emergency medicine physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals. Readers of Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Third Edition will also earn a place in the libraries of administrators and managers in healthcare settings seeking to optimize the use of scarce resources while maintaining the highest standards of care.
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Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules 3rd Edition:
Cover
Ttle Page
Copynght Page
Contents
About the Edtors
List of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Section 1 The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decsion Rules
Chapter 1 Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care
Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Medicine: The Process
Chapter 3 The Epidemiology and Statistics of Dagnostlc Testing
Chapter 4 Clinical Decision Rules
Chapter 5 Appropriate Testing n an Era of Lmted Resources: Practice and Policy Considerations
Chapter 6 Understandng Bas n Dagnostlc Research
Section 2 Trauma
Chapter 7 Cervical Spne Fractures
Chapter 8 Blunt Abdomnal Trauma
Chapter 9 Acute Knee Injuries
Chapter 10 Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries
Chapter 11 Blunt Head Injury n Children
Chapter 12 Adult Blunt Head Injury
Chapter 13 Chest Trauma
Chapter 14 Occult HP Fracture
Chapter 15 Blunt Soft Tssue Neck Trauma
Chapter 16 Occult Scaphod Fractures
Chapter 17 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 18 Penetrating Trauma to the ERremt1es and Vascular Injuries
Section 3 Cardiology
Chapter 19 Heart Failure
Chapter 20 Syncope
Chapter 21 Chest Pan
Chapter 22 Palptatlons
Section 4 Infectious Dsease
Chapter 23 Bacterial Menngtls in Children
Chapter 24 Serious Bacterial Infections n Children Aged 0 to 60/90 Days
Chapter 25 Necrotlzng Soft Tssue Infection
Chapter 26 Infective Endocardtls
Chapter 27 Pharyngtls
Chapter 28 Rhnosnustls
Chapter 29 Pneumona
Chapter 30 Unnary Tract Infection
Chapter 31 Sepss
Chapter 32 Adult Septic Arthritis
Chapter 33 Osteomyeltls
Chapter 34 Sexually Transmtted Infections (STIs)
Chapter 35 Influenza
Chapter 36 Fever wthout a Source 3—36 Months
Sectlon 5 Surgical and Abdominal Complants
Chapter 37 Acute, Nonspecific, Nontraumatlc Abdominal Pain
Chapter 38 Small Bowel Obstruction
Chapter 39 Acute Pancreattls
Chapter 40 Acute Appendicitis
Chapter 41 Acute Cholecysttls
Chapter 42 Aortic Emergencies
Chapter 43 Ovarian Torsion
Sectlon 6 Urology
Chapter 44 Nephrolthass
Chapter 45 Testicular Torsion
Section 7 Neurology
Chapter 46 Nontraumatlc Subarachnod Hemorrhage
Chapter 47 Acute Stroke
Chapter 48 Transient Ischemic Attack
Chapter 49 First-Epsode Seizure
Section 8 Mscelaneous: Hematology Ophthalmology Pulmonology Rheumatology and Geriatrics
Chapter 50 Pulmonary Embolism
Chapter 51 Deep Ven Thromboss
Chapter 52 Temporal Aftertis
Chapter 53 Intraocular Pressure
Chapter 54 Asthma
Chapter 55 Acute Low Back Pain
Chapter 56 Intravascular Volume Status
Chapter 57 Geriatric Screenng
Chapter 58 Skin and Soft Tssue Infections
Chapter 59 Shared Decision-Making n Dagnostic Testing
Chapter 60 Cogntwe Biases and Mitigation Strategies n Emergency Dagnoss
Chapter 61 Dagnoss n Telemedicine
Chapter 62 Dagnosng COVID-19
Index
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